Back to being a Full-Time Affiliate Marketer again
I have now finished my part-time contract I was on and am now back to being a full-time Internet marketer again. I will be looking for a new job (hopefully part-time) as I am still earning bugger all from this lark but hopefully before I find one my fortunes will pick up.
Last month was amazing but this month has been back to normal and I think I will be lucky to clear £400 which is nowhere near enough.
I am starting to wonder at what point do you call it quits and admit that something isn’t going to work out for you and move onto something else? I guess if I have another month without any rise in profits then I will have to have a long hard look at where I am.
Do you only promote physical affiliate products in the UK market?
I’ve had a little success selling Clickbank ebooks to the US market. Maybe you should look into creating a minisite around that.
With most of them, you get 50%+ commission and only a couple of sales a day will give you the profits you’re struggling to get right now.
I make $20 a pop on one book I promote and I’ve made 3 sales since I launched it on Christmas day, purely through organic traffic!
Might be worth a look?
Sounds interesting. Do you have any tips of picking an ebook? Do you build typical landing pages used for products or one of those long letter sites?
whats earning you money now?
build more of IT.
make it a step by step process and hire someone to do it. give them domain login, hosting login, train them to do exactly what you do.
you cant give up now you’ve done the hardest part
Allow me to post a fantastic quote by Calvin Coolidge (30th US President).
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
You only fail once you stop trying. You will eventually find your own success formula, but in order to find it you have to keep on. As with most things, to get good is a simple case of trial and error, and the more errors you know not to make next time bring you one step closer to getting it right. It just takes time and……you guessed it…..persistence!
Don’t give up my friend.
One of the many mistakes I made (and still make) was starting too many small niches sites and spreading myself thin trying to promote them all. It’s hard enough trying to promote one site never mind 10. Dont give up.
Concentrate your efforts on one site at a time. Choose an existing site which has the highest conversions and return on investment and promote it to death. If your existing sites have already had sales, then it proves that the sites works – you just need more traffic to get it making the money you want.
I am starting to move that way wooweb. Its hard to say what is earning the most money as its spread across many sites. Some that make ok money seem to be saturated and at their peak. Hard to pick one and go forwards with it. Outsourcing is the ultimate goal for me.
True true. I am slowing waking up to the idea that one site at a time is more than enough.
If December was amazing you are obviously doing something right. January – post-Christm,as blues – you can expect sales to go down. It happens across the board.
But pick other events throughout the year and champion them – Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, school holidays, Halloweeen, whatever inspires you. Maybe then you’ll enjoy more than one Christmas a year.
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you should have subscribe to comments on here! I forgot I posted here.
Best thing for you to do is head over to the site where i learnt the basics:
http://www.hqhow.com/case-study-1/
or go and buy Cloud Living from pluginid.com
I’m making a few hundred dollars from Clickbank affiliates alone!
I’ve been following your blog with interest, I run quite a few sites but none of these ‘atomic niche’ type sites and always felt that eventually you would have too many sites selling too many things but was eager to see if I was right or if this was the future of AM.
Sadly it does seem like you have slightly ‘burnt out’ – having to update or run lots of sites and none that make enough money.
However I would say DONT QUIT – there is no point, you have got this far so why give up!
If I was you I would make a list of your sites and cut them down based on there revenue and also there potential (google stats etc) then sell the ones that are not that good.
Next look at how you can scale your sites, I know they are mainly one products but can you sell other products on it that fit or they might be looking for?
Also do you have funds to spend on your sites? If so outsource to India, the cost is very low and quality high, as long as you choose the right person. This way you can get alot done in a very short period of time or do something you do not have the tech knowledge to do.
Hope this helps – email me if you want to chat on msn about what else you can do
Ian, not sure how to have subscribe to comments! Will look into it, thought it did it by default.
I was on that pluginid site the other day, can’t remember how I found it. Not sure if I am into it though.
Hi
My Name is Ronak, I work for a affiliate network called tress media. We have some great campaigns.
Our life insurance campaign is working really well, with a short form submitted we are paying 6GBP per valid lead.
If you are intrested in running some campaigns please get in touch with me.
Many thanks,
Ronak Nayee
ronak@tressmedia.com
Tel-07917727170
Promote products that people actually want to buy (regardless of commission rates), ie. not ebooks.
Stay clear of Financial products as the competition is way too tough.
Promote physical products- tennis rackets, t-shirts, footballs etc
If you cant use data feeds purchase Easy Content Units and avoid inexperienced affiliate competition.